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Tomb Raider (2013) cover artvsYou Are Empty cover art

Tomb Raider (2013)vsYou Are Empty

Tomb Raider (2013) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); You Are Empty leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Tomb Raider (2013)You Are Empty

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Tomb Raider (2013) leans harder on reads: Scripted enemy waves, no adaptation.

Variance1 vs 2

You Are Empty leans harder on variance: Level layouts unknown on first pass, fixed after

Optimization4 vs 4

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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